Schuster Construction settled a housing discrimination case for $5,000 when it allegedly refused to rent a house to a family of eight.

Without any admission of wrongdoing, property owners Thomas and Christine Schuster agreed to pay the complainants nearly $5,000, take fair-housing training for their staff, add "Equal Housing Opportunity" logos to advertisements and formulate a written tenant-selection plan, according to Housing Opportunities Made Equal.

A family of two parents and six children responded to an ad that read: "Winspear. 5 bedrooms, updated, new windows, new bath, $1,100 + utilities. Perfect for students." When the mother called, she was told the bedrooms in the house were only available to college girls, HOME reported.

HOME's investigation determined that the owner sought only female college students who would rent by the room. According to the Fair Housing Act, it is illegal to discriminate and indicate a preference in advertisements on the basis of sex or the presence of children in a family.

HOME filed the case with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, which referred the case to the New York State Division of Human Rights.